# Population in Kenya

Population in Kenya was 57.53 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ke`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/kenya
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/kenya.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ke

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 57,532,493 |
| 2024 | 56,432,944 |
| 2023 | 55,339,003 |
| 2022 | 54,252,461 |
| 2021 | 53,219,166 |
| 2020 | 52,217,334 |
| 2019 | 51,202,827 |
| 2018 | 50,207,107 |
| 2017 | 49,197,766 |
| 2016 | 48,139,687 |
| 2015 | 47,088,526 |
| 2014 | 46,051,440 |
| 2013 | 44,986,791 |
| 2012 | 43,888,303 |
| 2011 | 42,758,461 |
| 2010 | 41,598,567 |
| 2009 | 40,408,891 |
| 2008 | 39,206,351 |
| 2007 | 38,036,349 |
| 2006 | 36,904,008 |
| 2005 | 35,796,484 |
| 2004 | 34,713,455 |
| 2003 | 33,652,223 |
| 2002 | 32,629,808 |
| 2001 | 31,619,170 |
| 2000 | 30,642,890 |
| 1999 | 29,733,408 |
| 1998 | 28,888,057 |
| 1997 | 28,101,768 |
| 1996 | 27,344,211 |
| 1995 | 26,601,751 |
| 1994 | 25,857,130 |
| 1993 | 25,117,188 |
| 1992 | 24,382,460 |
| 1991 | 23,646,514 |
| 1990 | 22,892,651 |
| 1989 | 22,118,434 |
| 1988 | 21,356,219 |
| 1987 | 20,616,096 |
| 1986 | 19,901,646 |
| 1985 | 19,201,768 |
| 1984 | 18,514,906 |
| 1983 | 17,846,374 |
| 1982 | 17,206,175 |
| 1981 | 16,601,507 |
| 1980 | 16,018,459 |
| 1979 | 15,460,666 |
| 1978 | 14,934,126 |
| 1977 | 14,428,819 |
| 1976 | 13,957,623 |
| 1975 | 13,511,671 |
| 1974 | 13,070,078 |
| 1973 | 12,634,835 |
| 1972 | 12,206,060 |
| 1971 | 11,788,904 |
| 1970 | 11,368,791 |
| 1969 | 10,939,695 |
| 1968 | 10,518,823 |
| 1967 | 10,111,057 |
| 1966 | 9,717,816 |
| 1965 | 9,338,078 |
| 1964 | 8,973,535 |
| 1963 | 8,627,971 |
| 1962 | 8,299,308 |
| 1961 | 7,987,770 |
| 1960 | 7,695,307 |